Blizzard's New Blue Post Mantra: Nothing is guaranteed.

Has anyone noticed this besides myself? Blizzard mentions they want to do something. Its generally cool and interesting and something the majority of us want. We're titillated with whats coming in the PTR and beta test area. When implementation day comes though, its just not there. A recent comic by the Daily Blink summed it up pretty well. Like Charlie Brown wanting to kick the football, Lucy is there to yank it away at the last possible moment. I'd prefer them to keep their traps shut about possible content inclusion and changes if there's no solid intent to implement. No one likes a tease.

You might be mistaking the lack of results due to unforeseen circumstances for "no solid intent". WoW is a huge game with many components worked on by hundreds of people, if shit can go wrong some of it probably will.

If they don't say anything, then people start to complain Blizzard doesn't "communicate" enough.

Its called Beta because they test stuff there. If they dont like it they dont implement it. Its like if you want to buy a car, you dont (average consumer that is) check the development logs, talk with developers about all the cool things that "could have been added" but didnt make it to the "real" model for whichever reason. Basically its your choice to look up what "could be", but if you do, remember "it could also not be".

What the OP is saying is: "If you can guarantee me, dont tell me shit about it" like "Honey, dont strip for me if i mustnt touch you".

Hmm. Sounds a bit like "unless you tag it first, it is not your kill" or "until it is in your bags, it is not yours". They only tell people "it is coming" to buy themselves time to put it together. Everything players ever asked for have brought changes to this game. Just cause it is not on your terms or your timetable doesn't make it any less possible.

As for the stripping analogy, just cause she flirts, doesn't mean she's gonna put out. If she does put out, it will be on her terms.

It's not a new mantra. It's standard business practice that when you are not 100% certain about something, you do not guarantee it. And nothing is 100% certain.

Blizzard does us a favor by even discussing the options with us. They very well could communicate nothing, and have everyone wait until PTR. However, they openly discuss ideas and options with the community. This is a nice thing, and asking Blizz to cut all communications with the community (when you ask someone to only talk when they can guarantee something - this will be the result)....I think you are missing the point of them bringing things to the community.

If you want gurarantees - read patch notes. No one will claim anything else to be "guaranteed".

Has anyone noticed this besides myself? Blizzard mentions they want to do something. Its generally cool and interesting and something the majority of us want. We're titillated with whats coming in the PTR and beta test area. When implementation day comes though, its just not there. A recent comic by the Daily Blink summed it up pretty well. Like Charlie Brown wanting to kick the football, Lucy is there to yank it away at the last possible moment. I'd prefer them to keep their traps shut about possible content inclusion and changes if there's no solid intent to implement. No one likes a tease.

Yep, this is a product of ´GC promised me a pony´.. honestly, it has been going on all the way back to when I played UO. Simply put, average players are too stupid to realize the this is just a huge computer program and crap happens. The average player is also too stupid to realize that priorities can change for the dev team.

But mostly it just comes down to stupid players taking any mention of a new feature and calling it a ´promise´..

Blizzard is stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they say NOTHING about upcoming content people complain they're not doing anything and ignoring the community. If they share too much, people get mad when things are changed or cut.